Maine Commissioner of Education, Susan Gendron, has announced she will conduct an official hearing regarding the termination of former SAD 63 school superintendent Louise Regan. Pursuant to the governing statute, 20-A, M.R.S.A. (section 1052 subsection 3), the hearing will be limited to the following issues:
Was the termination
A. For cause;
B. After due notice and investigation; and
C. By a majority vote of the full membership of the school board.
No other issues will be considered.
A prehearing conference will be conducted via telephone on December 15 with certain guidelines and restrictions as have been defined by the Commissioner. At the culmination of the prehearing conference, the Commissioner will make whatever rulings she feels she can at that time.
At the end of the prehearing conference, any issues she believes are unresolved will be set for an evidentiary hearing at the Department of Education in Augusta on December 21st and 22nd. Certain guidelines have been set by the Commissioner for the evidentiary hearing should it be required.
The communication from the Commissioner regarding this hearing was delivered prior to any decision by the Maine Supreme Court which appears to make such a decision moot.
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